first off this vessel the norman atlantic, what caused the fire aboard the ship?no audio] >> villa? can you hear us, philip? ok. we can't get that up right now. but we will try later on this program to get philip back with the latest on what happened to the norman atlantic, and of course the migrant ship. >> [indiscernible] >> ok. we will be getting philip later in the show. palestinian president mahmoud abbas has signed a palestinian request to join the international criminal court7 . >> this comes after the u.n. rejected a resolution calling for a end to the israeli occupation of territories. abbas slammed the resolution -- rejection. israel welcome to the resolution by the un security council. >> we're joined more -- by our middle east correspondent, tania kramer. what can we expect as a response from the netanyahu government? >> mr. netanyahu -- there is a lot of anger in israel about this. israel has tried repeatedly to prevent palestinian leadership, the palestinians from becoming a member of the international criminal court. the israeli prime minister has s

what about the fire ravaged fairy, the norman atlantic? it has arrived in italy. what will police be looking for? >> the first thing they were looking for was the vessel's black box which apparently has been found and the investigating magistrate has taken possession of it. subsequently they will be looking for any further bodies trapped on the vessel. but they may be delayed because there are still fires smoldering on the ship. it is -- it may well not be completely safe for a day or two. >> we are following the stories from room. thank you for now. >> we have the director of european affairs at an advocacy group lobbying for the rights of refugees and migrants across europe. what do we know about the people who are putting these migrants on ships and pointing them in the direction of the italian sure? >> these are international operating gangs companies, they are let's say the winner of the fortress europe concert -- concept. they love this policy because they get more profits, they can offer new ways to create the service access to europe. >> this is clearly a

while the norman atlantic tragedy has triggered a fierce debate about sherry safety standards, that will do little to console him. >> in germany, it promises to be a monday night of protests. >> more protests. for three months, a group has held demonstrations every monday evening in the city of dresden. for the last one, 17,000 people gathered. >> he claims to be a group committed to stopping the islamic education of europe. it's protests have been met with counter protests. >> is the first time the protest is planned in berlin. >> they fill the streets each monday. every week, the ring seemed to grow. supporters in front of the opera could before christmas, they numbered more than 17,000. they say germany is being flooded by migrants and want to toughen laws on asylum and extradition of criminal foreigners. that is the rhetoric of the far right in germany. but these people claim to b from the middle of society. some observers have started talking about a general shift toward greater conservativism. in her new year's message, the chancellor warned against the rallies. >> i am addressing

in the same neck of the woods in fact, the norman atlantic ferry, you'll recall that was damaged by fire has now been towed within sight of the italian port of brindisi. a tug boat pulled it across the adriatic sea to the italian coast overnight after setting off on thursday afternoon. the ferry caught fire on sunday. at least 11 people were killed. an unknown number missing. >>> the investigation into the airasia crash is now turning to the ocean floor. search teams are braving some pretty bad weather there to deploy sonar equipment in the java sea off indonesia to try to locate the bulk of the wreckage from the plane. the aircraft was flying from surabaya in indonesia to singapore. 162 people were onboard when it vanished on sunday. 22 bodies have so far been recovered. rupert winfield-hayes reports. >> reporter: this is now the operating base for the operation to search for and recover debris from flight 8501. you can see behind me here there's troops getting ready, waiting for another helicopter to come in with bodies onboard it. what we've seen here today is a u.s. helicopter from t

. >>> the norman atlantic ferry, that was damaged by fire in the med, it's been towed within sight of brindisi, the same italian port where james reynolds is at the moment. a tug boat pugged it across the adriatic to the italian coast overnight, after setting off on thursday afternoon. the ferry caught fire on sunday. that's 11 people are known to have died, but there's also an unknown number still missing. >>> the investigation into the airasia crash is now turning to the ocean floor. a french crash investigation team has arrived in the region with specialist equipment to help locate the plane's black box. crucial, of course, to finding out just what caused the jet to plunge into the sea in the first place. the plane was en route from surabaya in indonesia to singapore. 162 people were onboard when it vanished on sunday. 22 bodies have now been recovered. rupert winfield-hayes reports. >> reporter: this is now the operating base for the operation to search and recover debris from flight 8501. you can see behind me there's troops getting ready. they're waiting for another helicopter t

. >>> new home videos shows the chaotic rescue efforts on the deck of the doomed norman atlantic ferrye ship caught fire sunday on the aid degree yacht tick sea killing at leach 11 people. pass injuries said he took this video to highlight the lack of crew on board. suspect is caught on camera vandalizing cars and also destroying holiday decorations now police hope this choice of fashion will lead to a quick arrest. the vandal was wearing a christmas sweater it had two reindeer an star on the back. police say he hit at least 13 cars and homes and also had help from someone else. >>> another possible data breach. this time it involves the popular fast food chain chick-fil-a. the company says it recently learned about some unusual accident activity involving payment cards at some of its restaurants. however chick-fil-a says customers will not be responsible for any fraudulent charges. its investigators find any evidence avenue breach. >> pope francis take to the balcony to deliver his new year's message earning the faithful to fight indifference. >> the pontiff called for an end to human

at least 11 people died when a fire broke out on the now charred norman atlantic, but italian officials say there are dozens of people unaccounted for. investigators say they expect to find more bodies as they search an area where passengers say the fire broke out. >>> to new york where political heavyweights on both sides of the aisle remember mario cuomo. cuomo passed away last night with his family at his side. marley hall has more. >> reporter: he was new york's liberal lion, the state's longest serving democratic governor in modern history, but mario cuomo careful from humble beginnings, the son of poor italian immigrants with hopes of a baseball career but gave it up after one season in the minor leagues. he headed instead to st. johns law school where he graduated at the top of his class. he and his wife matilda had five children before he launched his political career losing in the 1977 mayoral primary. he was elected governor in 1982 and served three terms balancing 12 consecutive budgets and leading new york through two recessions. cuomo emerged on the national stage in 1984 a

. >>> italian investigators will attempt to board the norman atlantic ferry later this morning. they are searching for bodies of the some of the 19 people still missing. now this is new video of the charred wreckage. fire fighters have already recovered the various data recorders but they are hoping it will offer clues to the cause of sunday's fire which left 11 people dead. >>> indonesia officials found two large objects in the java sea that they believe to be part of the wreckage of air asia flight 5801. highways are hampering recovery efforts. the u.s. navy is sending a second vest toll help in that search. meantime authorities now say that reports that a victim was recovered wearing a life jacket are not true. 162 people were on board the air bus a320, when it difficulties a period from radar in bad weather last sunday. >>> well, a seven year-old girl is soul survivor of the plane crash in western kentucky. police say a resident dialed 911 after the young victim knocked on his door, and her mom and dad were killed in the fiery wreck. that girl, suffered non-life threatening

at least 11 people died in that fire on december 28th aboard norman atlantic on the voyage between greece and italy. authorities fear more bodies might be inside of the reek will deck where that fire began. >>> now an update to a story we first told but yesterday morning on "eyewitness news", we're now hearing from the good samaritan who helped care for a seven year old girl who survived a deadly plane crash. cbs news correspondent omar villafranca has incredible story of survival. >>> after surviving a crash of the family's small plane sailor guzzler walk a mile through dense kentucky woods to the door of larry wilkins. >> little girl, about seven or eight years old, standing there, she had blood on her face, she said mom dad are dead, we had a plane crash and the plane is upside down. >> reporter: it was cold, dark, and rainy, wilkins says the little girl was crying wearing no shoes and only light summer clothes. >> she was barefoot, she had one sock on her feet and she walk all that distance barefooted brave little girl. she had done a hell of a job as far as i'm concern. >> reporter:

. >>> italian investigators will a attempt to board the still storming norman atlantic ferry later this morning. they are searching for some bodies of the 19 people still missing. this is new video of the charred wreckage. fire fighters have recovered the ferry's data recorder. they hope it will offer clues to the cause of sunday's fire which left 11 people dead. >>> indonesia officials found two large objects in the java sea they believe to be parts of the wreckage of air asia flight 5801. high waves are hampering recovery efforts but they do hepp to try again today. u. navy is sending a second vest toll help in that search. meantime authorities now say reports of the victim was recovered wearing a life jacket are not true. 162 people were on board that air bus when it disappeared from radar in bad weather last sunday. >>> a seven year-old girl is soul survivor of the plane crash in western kentucky. police say a a resident dialed 911 have after young victim knocked on his door saying her mom and dad were killed in that fiery wreck. that girl suffered non-life threatening injuries. fou

. >> a look at italy, where a fire is burning on the norman atlantic, and it's keeping investigators from searching the ferry. the blaze broke out when it was travelling from grease to italy. 11 died. officials believed there may be more bodies inside. italian police leave the human smugglers from an abandoned migrant ship pocketed money. they were dropped on board without crew when the smugglers fled. the coast guard toed in the boat. the ship was built for transporting cattle. look at the beds. the cage became the migrant's sleeping quarters. >>> speaking of ships look at this. a massive cargo ship tipped over. this is englands aisle of wight. a singapore registered ship heading to germany, it is safely at the shore. an operation is under way to renote the ship. pakistan says it entered a new face in the fight against the taliban. it stepped up after a deadly spree. residents are unsure what the new year will bring. the taliban is one of many challenges that they face. >> it has not rained so far this winter in most of pakistan. and the sting of a harsh season is felt in the north,

at least 11 people died after a fire broke out on the norman atlantic.ozens of people are still missing at this hour. more than 470 were rescued. the ferry is now being towed to port where italian authorities are preparing to search for even more victims. you see a number of folks who had life jackets on the decks there. meantime the ferry's captain is also speaking for the first time. he is saying the team did their best to save everyone on board. >> well after years of delays the all-important employer mandate portion of obamacare is going into effect for the first time this as republicans prepare a new offensive in an attempt to repeal the law now that they have majorities in both houses of congress. katie pavlich news editor of townhall.com and fox news contributor. she joins us with more insight. thanks for joining us. happy new year. >> good morning. happy new year, heather. heather: the new year is not happy for some folks because when it comes to obamacare many important things are happening many calling them the most important yet. three major t